...the Lord thy Redeemer — Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea," or, according to Dr. Lowth, "and thy blessedness as the floods of the sea " It cannot be the meaning...

...security of their happiness. " O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea f." A a 3. Humble * Numbers xxi. 4. t.Isa. xlviii. 18. 3. Humble and serious Christians experience...

...with this strange conduct. " O, that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ; then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. O, my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have 1 wearied thee ? testify against me. O that...

...that thou shouldest go. ISO that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea : 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels 'like the gravel thereof;...

...near-unto me, hear ye this ; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was ased me r/ell : and I took twelve men of you, one of a trib 1 9 Thy seed also had been as the sand, ,nd the offspring of thy bowels like the çravel thereof; nis...

...way that thou shouldest go. Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea : thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his...

...IRA. xxx. 9. ISA. xlviii. 18. f O thatthou hadst hearkened Ao my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Quench not the spirit." 1 THES. y. 19. " Son of man, thou dvyellest in the midst of a rebellious house,...

...grieve his people. He says," О that thou hadst hearkened unto my commandments ! then bad thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea!" He has also said, " If his children forsake my law, and walk not in iny judgments ; if they break my...

...additional sources of Christian happiness open in the soul. The promise is fulfilled : " Thy peace shall be as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." 2. There is another class of texts that may be more briefly noticed. We refer to such as contain enforcement...

...way that thou shouldcst go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." — Isai. xlviii. 17, 18. WHATEVER is the reason of the fact, the fact itself is only too evident,...